Cuff-button



UNITED STATES Patented January 12, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CUFF-BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,540, dated January 12, 1904.

Application filed October 31, 1902.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM DOHERTY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cuff-buttons; and the object is to provide a button of the link type which can be formed of a single piece.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction to be referred to hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cu, showing the application of the button. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the button detached, and Fig. 3 is an edge plan view of the same.

The invention consists of two disks 1 and 2, the surfaces of which converge toward each other and are connected by an approximately V-shaped and bowed bar 3, which is formed rigid with relation to the disks and holds them in proper relative position, so that the headed Shanks 4 and 5 will be held opposite to each other to form a clamp when inserted in the buttonholes of the cuff. These headed shanks are carried by the disks 1 and 2, being arranged on the disks so that when the heads are inserted through the buttonhole the button will be securely fastened to the cuff. The disks 1 and 2 are continuous with the bowed bar 3, the latter connecting and merging into the edges of said disks, as clearly indicated by Figs. 2 and 3. This construction is essential for two reasons-rst,the disks and bowed bar may be suitably stamped out at one operation and then shaped as shown by Fig. 3, and, second,the inner smooth faces of the disks will be brought to bear closely against the surface of the culf adjacent the buttonholes,

Serial No. 129,586. (No model.)

the two heads of the Shanks, so as to introi.

duce the head into the buttonhole. The opposite end can then be inserted between the opposing heads and the remaining shank can be forced through the buttonhole, so that the button will be securely fastened to the cuff. By forcing the heads out of the buttonholes the button can be readily removed.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A cuff-button formed from a single blank and comprising a pair of disks with inner grooved faces spaced apart from each other in converged relation and having an integral V-shaped connecting-bar terminating at the edges of the disks, the inner surface of the bar coinciding with the inner surfaces of the disks to permit the latter to lie flat against the outer surface of the cu, the disks having inwardly-proj ecting headed Shanks near the free edges thereof, the angle of the bar, when applied, closely fitting over the edges of the cuff adjacent to the buttonholes.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM DOHERTY.

Witnesses z HUGH GAFFNEY, THOMAS GOODWIN. 

